There is some conceivable perspective or suitably vague description from which X (machine guns, say, or transphobic slurs) and Y (butter knives, any arbitrary utterance) can, to some non-zero degree, be seen as sharing properties. Therefore, to apply some principles of practical ethics to X that one does not apply equally to Y is foolish, misguided, probably hysterical moralizing. Ha ha! People who use moral language sure are PC!
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Originally Posted by Kashmir
Is it okay to criticize someone for abusing alcohol and other drugs, having sex with their brothers or sisters, or being a pedophile, but they restrict themselves to only looking at lollicon? Who are they hurting besides themselves? Respect their lifestyle choice!
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Why don't you have a throw at answering that question? It may not be quite the punchline you take yourself to have discovered.